http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/conservative-farmers-agree-to-tax-those-who-deplete-groundwater Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater. No publisher Cally Carswell irrigation farm climate change San Luis Valley taxes aquifer groundwater drought agriculture 2013-04-23T16:32:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/the-blm-fights-for-the-southwest2019s-last-free-flowing-river A federal agency asserts its water rights to the San Pedro river in a case that might eventually lead to limits on growth in Arizona. No publisher Tony Davis Sierra Vista Tribute project aquifer pumping water rights San Pedro River Bureau of Land Management groundwater pumping Cochise County aquifers groundwater 2013-02-28T22:38:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/drought-forces-a-new-era-of-agricultural-water-conservation Whether converting open ditches into pipelines or fallowing fields, farmers and ranchers in the West are being forced to change the ways they use water as climate-induced drought tightens its grip. No publisher Paul Larmer irrigation San Luis Valley agriculture groundwater 2013-02-19T15:16:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.8/where-has-montanas-water-gone The Yellowstone River Compact may not protect Montanans who rely on the Tongue River’s water. No publisher Sierra Crane-Murdoch irrigation efficiency coalbed methane drilling Yellowstone River Compact water rights groundwater Western water law Tongue River water users drought 2011-05-20T15:08:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/farmings-toxic-legacy Long-banned pesticides linger in the soils of neighborhoods built on former agricultural land in central Washington. No publisher Rebecca Clarren legacy pesticides Western communities lead carcinogens contaminated soil DDT former agricultural land groundwater arsenic pollution Tara Compton EPA 2010-12-13T15:50:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/backyard-poisons Soil samples from the yards of two Yakima families showed intriguing but not always comforting results. No publisher Rebecca Clarren carcinogens lead Western communities legacy pesticides contaminated soil DDT former agricultural land groundwater Tara Compton arsenic EPA Amanda Ryder pollution 2010-12-03T00:21:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/what-lies-beneath When pesticide chemicals were found underneath the houses of Barber Orchard, N.C., it aroused fears nationwide about the risks of building on former agricultural land. No publisher Sarah Gilman legacy pesticides Western communities lead carcinogens contaminated soil Barber Orchard North Carolina DDT birth defects groundwater arsenic pollution EPA 2010-12-13T16:41:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.18/a-loophole-you-can-squeeze-a-feedlot-through In dry eastern Washington, small farmers resent a corporate feedlot’s access to scarce water supplies. No publisher Cally Carswell industrial agriculture Yakima River Basin eastern Washington groundwater feedlot permit-exempt wells 2010-02-05T08:55:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/must-our-water-always-flow-uphill-toward-money Bottled water is a silly idea anyway, but Nestle’s plans to bottle spring water from the high desert of Chaffee County, Colo., are beyond absurd. No publisher Susan J. Tweit Colorado Salida Nestle rural economies whitewater rafting Arkansas River groundwater Chaffee County Bottled water 2010-02-05T09:58:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17390 Pete Letheby says the West is headed for a hotter and drier future, and this time, as farmer Gerald Spangler warns him, we’re running out of groundwater. No publisher Pete Letheby Pete Letheby Gerald Spangler global warming drought groundwater climate change Dust Bowl Ogallala aquifer 2010-02-05T09:45:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17136 A new desalination technology uses the sun and your air conditioner to create fresh water. No publisher Morgan Heim Groundwater groundwater desalination distillation water solar power waste heat 2010-02-05T09:27:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/360/17397 Some activists fear that toxic chemicals in a New Mexico landfill, left over from Cold War-era nuclear weapons research, may be creeping toward the Albuquerque Aquifer. No publisher Stephanie Hiller Citizen Action Sandia Legacy waste groundwater Laboratories Kirtland Air Force Base Albuquerque Aquifer pollution 2010-07-21T22:47:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16111 The seven states of the Colorado River Basin have come to a groundbreaking agreement that, among other things, will allow cities such as Las Vegas to lease water from out-of-state farms during times of drought No publisher Matt Jenkins Colorado River Compact water supply Las Vegas Nevada Colorado River Basin Patricia Mulroy drought Southern Nevada Water Authority Gale Norton Lake Mead Lake Powell water leasing farm water groundwater Virgin River Muddy River Imperial Vall 2010-02-05T08:56:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15441 In New Mexico, Alamogordo’s plan to build a desalinization plant and tap the Tularosa Basin aquifer has area ranchers and farmers worried No publisher Hilary Watts Groundwater Water Tularosa Basin Aquifer Alamogordo groundwater desalinization Chihuahuan Desert ranchers water rights water wells Dan Abercrombie Tularosa Community Ditch Corporation 2010-02-05T09:24:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15437 Ski resorts become a tool for real estate speculation and development across the West. No publisher Mark Matthews Communities Land Use And Planning Ski Industry Colorado water groundwater streams rivers water pollution water contamination pesticides pharmaceuticals personal care products PPCPs USGS scientists Lori Sprague fish water quality EPA Christian Daughton David Norris toxicologists inte 2010-02-05T09:24:20Z News Article